Shoving a microphone into the face of an uncooperative subject is the quickest way for reporters to earn a bad rep.
Every now and then, one of the hacks gets his comeuppance, as this one does in the video below.
"Oh my GOD that hurt."
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Saturday, March 10, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Panama City Beach Breaks Bikini Parade World Record
Photo courtesy of Jim Loznicka.
Ahh, Spring Break on the Gulf Coast. It almost makes you not miss football season. To kick off the 2012 Spring Break season, Panama City Beach has set a Guiness World Record for the largest bikini parade. The location couldn’t be better—nestled on the northern Gulf Coast in Florida, Panama City Beach is known for sugar white sandy beaches, crystal clear water, warm temperatures at at this time of the year—lots of college students out on Spring Break.
This year, tourism officials planned an event sure to grab attention and they did not disappoint (pre-event story here).
The old record is for this event was 357. According to the event’s Facebook page, the record looked poised to fall and indeed it did, as 450 bikini clad young ladies completed the parade route. A Guinness judge was on hand to witness the event and validated the record.
What a tough job he had.
The rules required participants to be female (thank GOD), and each must be wearing a bikini. No tankinis or onesies were allowed.
I can’t wait for Dennis Pillion (my Blogger Roundtable producer/editor) to return from the event, and I fully expect him to file a complete pictorial report.
More coverage here. And of course, an event like this held in the deep south isn’t without some controversy.
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Additional photos courtesy of PCB Spring Break and @StudentUniverse.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Hot Potato! UGA Soccer player tries stealing hash browns by stuffing them in her britches
We all know the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is good for a laugh or three every day. But this is worthy of Leap Day Story of the Internet.Carli Shultis, a women’s soccer player, was arrested on February 21 at the Bulldog Cafe on campus for attempting to steal an order of hash browns by stuffing them in her pants.
The Red & Black student newspaper obtained a copy of the police report. According to the paper, one of the food services worker saw Shultis try to steal the taters and detained her on the spot.
She was arrested and taken to jail.
Shultis admitted to a police officer that she had stuffed the hashbrowns in her pants to avoid paying for them, the Red & Black reported.
Shultis also told police that she had enough money to pay for the hashbrowns, which were valued at $1.06, the paper said.
The police report also stated that Shultis removed the hashbrowns from her pants and tried to put them back on the food counter when she realized she'd been spotted.
Eww.
Exit question: What the hell is so good about Bulldog Cafe hashbrowns that would make such a charming and talented young lady go rogue?
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
When the going gets turf, get grass flip flops
It’s the day before National Signing Day and there’s very little controversy. No, really.
The coaching carousel has finally spun down with (hopefully) the last coaching search complete.
It’s hard blogging today but when the going gets turf, we get… grass flip flops!
The company’s website shows sun seekers walking along the beach in the grass slippers which occasionally need to be fluffed for added comfort.
The KUSA website explains: ‘Love the feeling of bare feet on freshly mowed grass? Why not have that feeling anywhere, anytime. KUSA flip flops give you the opportunity to do just that.
‘Where would you rather be? What would you rather be doing? Close your eyes and you are there!’
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Dude… Operation Spiderman nabs spider smuggler
I guess you could call this a “Sting Operation.” Literally.
Sven Koppler, 37, was arrested on December 2 after arriving in Los Angeles to meet an associate, following a nine-month investigation dubbed Operation Spiderman, prosecutors said.
The probe began last March when customs officers found 300 live tarantulas during a routine search of a package.
US fish and wildlife agents intercepted a second package containing nearly 250 live tarantulas wrapped in coloured plastic straws, as well as 22 Mexican red-kneed tarantulas.
In a bid to catch the organisers red-handed, agents ordered more tarantulas from Koppler, who sent a package containing 70 live ones and one dead spider.
Koppler, from Wachtberg in western Germany, allegedly earned some $300,000 (£190,000) from tarantula sales to spider fanciers in dozens of countries, including nine in the US.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Mugshot of the Millenium: Man who swallowed bag of cocaine
Art Taylor, 18, swallowed the small bag but was arrested on several other charges after police pulled him over on Union Avenue at 8:35 p.m., police spokesman Lt. Ron Brandolini said.
Members of the street crimes unit patrolling Franklin Street saw a car turn onto Pearl Street without signaling. They stopped the car on nearby Union Avenue, but when they spoke to Taylor, he refused to give them his license or registration, Brandolini said.
"He made a quick movement to the center console, and there was small baggie with a white powder in it," Brandolini said. "He immediately made a movement to put it in his mouth."
An officer tried to stop him, but Taylor kept pushing his arm away. The officers dragged Taylor from the car, and he started fighting with them in the middle of the road.
By the time officers handcuffed him, Taylor had swallowed the bag, Brandolini said.
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